Star Wars: Shattered Empire (trade paperback)

This article is about the trade paperback collection of the 2015 Star Wars: Shattered Empire comic miniseries. You may be looking for the Star Wars: Shattered Empire hardcover of the series.

Star Wars: Shattered Empire, also marketed as Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Shattered Empire, is a canon trade paperback that collects the four-part comic-book series Star Wars: Shattered Empire from author Greg Rucka, as well as Princess Leia 1 from author Mark Waid and the first issue of the original Star Wars (1977) comic series from 1977. It was published by Marvel Comics on November 17, 2015, as part of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Publisher's summary

For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star — and into the chaos of a Shattered Empire. It's the explosive lead-in to this winter's blockbuster big-screen Star Wars revival, and everything you need to know is right here! Collecting JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS – SHATTERED EMPIRE #1–4, PRINCESS LEIA #1 and STAR WARS (1977) #1.